Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Cottage.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-cobble-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Lilac Cottage, Lapford
OS grid reference
SS 731 082
Coordinates
50.85944, -3.80379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on a rubble footing, with rubble stacks topped by 19th and 20th-century brick. The cottage features a thatched roof and has a two-room plan, facing south. It is two storeys high with nearly symmetrical front elevation that includes two windows. The windows are 19th-century sashes, with nine panes on the ground floor and twelve panes on the first floor. There is a central door that is sheltered by a 20th-century porch, which has plain timber posts and a hipped thatched roof. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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